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Are the neural correlates of consciousness in the front or in the back of the cerebral cortex? Clinical and neuroimaging evidence

Melanie Boly, Marcello Massimini, Naotsugu Tsychiya, Bradley R. Postle, Christof Koch, Giulio Tononi
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/118273
Melanie Boly
1Department of Neurology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 53705 USA
2Department of Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 53719 USA
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Marcello Massimini
3Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences ‘Luigi Sacco’, University of Milan, Milan, 20157, Italy
4Instituto Di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, Milan, 20148, Italy
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Naotsugu Tsychiya
5Department of Psychology, Monash University, Melbourne, 3168, Australia
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Bradley R. Postle
2Department of Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 53719 USA
6Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 53705 USA
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Christof Koch
7Allen Institute for Brain Science, Seattle, WA, 98109 USA
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Giulio Tononi
2Department of Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 53719 USA
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Abstract

The role of the frontal cortex in consciousness remains a matter of debate. In this Perspective, we will critically review the clinical and neuroimaging evidence for the involvement of the front versus back of the cortex in specifying conscious contents and discuss promising research avenues.

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Are the neural correlates of consciousness in the front or in the back of the cerebral cortex? Clinical and neuroimaging evidence
Melanie Boly, Marcello Massimini, Naotsugu Tsychiya, Bradley R. Postle, Christof Koch, Giulio Tononi
bioRxiv 118273; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/118273
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Are the neural correlates of consciousness in the front or in the back of the cerebral cortex? Clinical and neuroimaging evidence
Melanie Boly, Marcello Massimini, Naotsugu Tsychiya, Bradley R. Postle, Christof Koch, Giulio Tononi
bioRxiv 118273; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/118273

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